Nice HD video but bad low light quality
I've only had this for a couple of days but I wanted to try out different scenarios that I might be working with. I bought this to have video documentation of my older kids in sports and special occasions as well as of my soon to be born son. The camera is feature rich with so many options that I an not likely to use many of them. Having enjoyed the quality of Canon in my DSLR this seemed like the logical choice.
Pros:
Image stabilization - fantastic stabilization! Every video turns out smooth as silk with canon's stability feature
Color - It seems to be very true to life with natural colors
HD video - with today's HD tvs it would be a shame to have anything else
Zoom - large enough to get close from a moderate distance and the variable speed is nice too. Better than some not as good as others.
Mini hot shoe - great for adding accessories such as a flash though I don't have one yet
light weight - I can't believe this is only 11oz!
Lens ring threads - Filters/protective lenses can be added
Cons:
No internal memory - Kind of pricey for not having anything but I knew that getting into it.
Low light performance - It gets pretty grainy fast when the light disappears...even the light that comes with it doesn't help much
Touch panel sensitivity - I have been having a difficult time navigating through the menu by the touch screen. It would have been nice to have some physical navigation buttons to assist for this.
Conclusion:
Overall this is a very nice video recorder that turns out quality videos each time. My only problem real problem is with the graininess of low light videos. This is something I believe is better handled by Sony which I may get if I decide not to keep this one.
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